It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Difficulty Quotes, Risk-taking Quotes

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts...

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts...

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune...

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune...

Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them

Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them

Fortune his like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the...

Fortune his like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the...